Adjustable vehicle-seat



D. A. IVIERIDETH.

ADJUSTABLE VEHICLE'SEAT.

APPLICATION HLED 050.22, 1920 Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

ADJSTABLE VEI'ICLE-SEAT.

Application filed December 22, 1920. i Serial No. 432,546.

T @ZZ ilu/tom t may concern.' -Be it known that I, Doss A. Mnninnrii, a citizen of .the United* States, residing at Prague, in the county of Lincoln and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable.Vehicle-` Seats, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. n f )This invention .relates to vehicle seats and particularly to seats for wagons. An object of the4 invention is to'provide a seat capable of being readily adjustedkfor use on wagon bodies of various widths.

Another object of the invention is to provide a seatkof this character wherein the means for supporting the seat on thewagon body is adjustable to accommodate the seat to wagon bodies of various sizes.

.y Another object is to provide awagon seat of thischaracter having a track depending'v from the lower surface of the seat and eX- tending longitudinally thereof and supporting members slidable on the track, said supporting members being connected to the springs of the seat whereby the spring and means Vfor connecting the seat to the vehicle are Vmovable with the supports'.

A still further object, of the invention is to provide a wagon seat of this character. wherein the adjustable support-ing members are permitted to extend beneath the, hangers of the track on which they are'mountedwso as to position the springs at the ends of the seat and thereby permit adjustment from one end of the seat to thel other.

vWith the above and other objects inview,

' the invention consists in the improved con- Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of theI supj porting members.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates a 'Y conventional form of wagon seat to thev lower surface of which a sheet of metal 6 is secured, said sheet coinciding with the bottom of the seat to not only reinforce the v'same but to facilitate theadjustnient of seat. Depending from'each end of the bottom ofthe seat, is a track hanger 7 having a laterally 'extending recess 8 formed in its intermediate portion.

y j rThese'V hangers are disposed flush with the end of the seat so as not to interfere with theadjustment of the v supports of the seat. A mono-'rail or track 8EL is provided, and has its end portions disposed within thev recesses 8 and secured'to the hangers. rhis track extends longitudinally of the seat and is disposedat the intermediate portion thereof. i Y diate portion of the track is provided with an extension 9 which is disposed between the track and the bot-tom of the seat, and not only'braces the intermediate portion of the track by engagement with the seat but serves as a stop to limit adjustment of the supports ofthe seat. rThe lower surface of the track is provided with a series of openings 10, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

vIn order to permitV adjustment of the seat and at the same time properly support the same, lthere isprovided a pair of supports, each support consisting ofy a body member 11'having aflat upper surface 12 and an opening 13 extending laterally thereof, said opening v'corresponding to the form of the track and adapted4 to receive the same. -One end portion Aof the surface 12 is cut away to provide shoulders 14.-, the upper surfaceof said shoulder terminating at the intermediate portion of the opening 13. The end' portion 15 of thelower surface of the support, beneath the shoulders 14 .is'provided with a curved'recess 16 for the reception of the springsll of the seat. lt will be noted that a portion-fof the support projectsbeyondfthe spring and'v is provided with an opening 1S adapted to receive fastening means 19 by means of which the support is held iny its adjusted position. Secured to the lower portion of the sv ring 17 is a connecting and holding mem er `2O which is provided with a plurality of hooks 21 adapted to engage the sides of the wagon body.

It will be noted that the track 8a is disposed in spaced parallel relation to the bottom of the seat; rlhis permits thev supporting members 11 to surround a portion of the track whereby said members may 4slide longitudinally ofthe track toward and away from each other. It will also be noted that the upper surface- 12 of the support is dis- Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

The iiitermeposed closely adjacentand in parallel relation to the bottom of the seat so that `in case l Y.

the vehicle is traveling over rough roads the entire burden or strain of support is not centered on the track and the walls of the end portion l5 as the upper portions l2 of the supports will engage the bottom ofthe seat and thereby serve as braces, Vas the supports project a considerable distance on each side of the track. By providing the novel forni of brace 9, the track and intermediate portion of the seat is properly' supported when the seat is used ona small sized wagon bodyso that the trackdoes not depend en-K tirely on the hangers for its support. In this way damage is prevented.v

Inl the application of the device, the supports are moved along the track .8a to the point desired.v rllhe fastening means 19 is then passed through the support intoone of the openings l0 of the track so as tofirmly hold the support in its adjusted position. The seat may then be applied to the wagon in the wellknown manner. The seat may also be applied to wagons which are slightly greater in width to the length of the seat, as

the reduced portion of the upper surface l2 yform of wagon seat which may be used in connection with any wagon having means with whichthe hooks 21 maybe engaged.

An important feature 'of this adjustable `seat is that the condition of the road, or theV weight of the person occupying the seat can not damage the adjustable parts, or the track, as the track is efficiently braced at its ends and its intermediate portion, and the supports are not only braced by the track in view of the fact that it is substantially rectangular, but by contact at Vcertain times with the lower surfaceof the seat and the hangers. 'ln addition to this the supports may be readily fastened in their adjusting position, as the springs do not interfere with nally of the seat and connected to the hang-` -i ers, supporting means slidable on said track, said means comprising a pair of supporting members adapted to surrounda portion of.

the track, a portion of each supporting membery projecting on each sideof the track, said projecting portions being adapted; to contact at certain times with the bottom of the seat, each of said supporting members having one end portion thereof reduced to' provide a shoulder adapted at certain times to be disposed beneath the hangers, springs securedto the lower surface of the supporting members, and Vineans `for connecting the springs to the body of the vehicle.

2. An adjustable vehicle seat comprising a seat, track hangers depending from the bottom of the seat, a track connected to said hangers, and extending longitudinally of the seat, supporting members slidable on K said tracks in alinement with each other, each suppoiting'member having the upper surface of one of its end 'portions reduced for the reception of thetrack hangers when the supporting members are disposed at the limit of their movement, means carried by` the lower surface of the reduced end portion of each supporting member for connecting the seat to a vehicle, and fastening means disposed in the lower surface of the opposite end portion of yeach supporting member and adapted to engage the track.

ln testimony whereof l hereunto afX my signature.

DOSS A. MERIDETH. 

